Page 59 of Imperfect Match (Imperfect Match 1)
“I think we all knew this was inevitable after the attempt to be spies ... really bad ones at that,” Reid says with a chuckle and then wraps his arms around my mid
dle from behind.
Aspen grins. “I’m such a good matchmaker.”
“This wasn’t your doing, Aspen,” I tell her.
She shrugs. “I told you that the planets and universe were at work. There are some things that you can’t fight no matter how hard you try. When things align, there’s often an explosion.”
Reid nuzzles his face into my neck, his voice is low so only I can hear. “I made you explode a few times.”
Oh my God. “Behave.”
“What?” Aspen asks.
“Nothing, just reminding Wills about the aligning of our planets and how there was a lot of big banging,” he answers.
“Reid,” I say between gritted teeth. Seriously, is he trying to make me turn red permanently?
“Oh, I’m sure there was,” Aspen agrees. “You both have some major red aura going on around you. I’m surprised you haven’t burned the house down with it or that it’s not a little more orange since you worked it out. Maybe you guys just become this red when you’re near each other. Did you satisfy her, Reid? If you didn’t, it could explain why she’s glowing now.”
Someone kill me.
“What do you think, Wills?”
“I think I’d like for the floor to open up so I can fall into the abyss.”
“It’s a very serious thing,” Aspen further explains. “If she doesn’t find her release, the glow can become very troublesome.”
“Stop talking, Aspen,” I implore.
“We wouldn’t want that, right?”
I swear, him taunting her is only going to make me hold out even longer. “You keep this up and you’re going to be the one exploding when you sleep alone tonight.”
Aspen shakes her head. “That wouldn’t be fun. Release is a very important part of keeping the balance within yourself.”
Someone in this trio is off balance.
“What are my girls talking about?” Daddy comes in and my cheeks are on fire. I pray he didn’t hear any of that.
“Willow’s sexual aura,” my now dead-to-me sister answers.
Dad’s jaw drops and he rubs his temples while Reid bursts out laughing. “Sometimes, I wonder why I even ask.”
He walks away, muttering something about girls, and I slap Reid in the stomach and then my sister in the arm. “You know, he’s a chemist, and he could kill you and make it look like an accident.”
Aspen takes two steps back and then sinks to the floor with her legs crossed. “I need a moment.”
“What is she doing?” he asks.
“She’s resetting her gravitational something-or-other because it’s off. She does this when she needs to have the Earth reconnect with her body.”
Reid shakes his head. “And I thought Leo was a mess.”
I nod. “He ain’t got nothing on that one. Come on, it’s going to be a while until she’s found it. Let’s go outside.”
We head out to the patio, which overlooks Lake Michigan. So much of my childhood was spent here, and it always makes me happy to visit.
